Week+2

Mass media uses a medium to communicate a message to a large audience. Video games contain messages and ideologies which other types of mass media include. An individual playing a video game such as World of Warcraft can receive the same message as another individual playing the same video game even though the individuals are playing at a different place and time. This is a reason why video games are considered mass media. Video games are a different medium from conventional movies and music because they allow the player to experience imaginary and real world events. For example a war video game allows the player to experience war by killing the enemies using weapons. Sometimes video games are used to encourage people to join, or participate in something. The video we saw in the tutorial showed how the US Army uses war related video games to encourage people to join the army.